Author: DreamflowerTitle: Fellowship ClerihewsRating: GTheme: PoetryElements:"And he yearned for the mirth of the populous earth." (The Adventures of Tom Bombadil "The Man in the Moon Came Down Too Soon") Just because I wanted to write something funny.Author's Notes: These poems are a specific type of humorous verse-- Clerihew:A humorous format contained in a single quatrain and composed of two rhyming couplets. The rhyme scheme is a-b-a-b with lines of uneven length. Clerihews are usually written as pseudo-biographical pieces about a famous personage. The name of the subject ends the first, or occasionally the second line and the humor is light and whimsical instead of satirical. Edmund Clerihew Bentley (1875-1956) created the format to avoid boredom in school.Inkspot.comSummary: A collection of nine short humorous verses about the members of the Fellowship of the Ring.Word Count: 208

Fellowship Clerihews

Frodo Baggins of Bag Endinherited a pretty little Ring.He went off on a trip with his best friendsto get rid of that pesky little thing.

They called him Gandalf the Grey, for his clothes were not all that bright;but after the Balrog he went away,and then came back all dressed in white!

There was a gardener whose name was Sam; he stuck to his boss like glue.He was handy with a frying pan,and pretty good at exterminating large arachnids, too!

Meriadoc Brandybuckhad a little sword.The Witch-King of Angmar ran plumb out of luckwhen with it Merry scored.

Bold young Peregrin Took was a hobbit most curious;when he just had to take a look,he made everyone else quite understandably furious.